adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Slavonian
First recorded in 1570–80; Slavoni(a) + -an
Example Sentences
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He ages the wine in foudres, big old barrels of French and Slavonian oak.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2019
The quaint town in the eastern Slavonian region of Croatia is one of two largest areas in the republic populated predominantly by Serbs, which gives it a significance disproportionate to its size and population.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Servian song resembles the tune of the violin; Old Slavonian, that of the organ; Polish, that of the guitar.
From Servian Popular Poetry by Bowring, John
Then I began at the top of my voice, in impassioned style in German, an address about matters and things in general, intermingled with insane quotations from Latin, Slavonian, anything.
From Memoirs by Leland, Charles Godfrey
But on the wide Slavonian lands and far beyond them one would find the sturdy farmers imitating his new methods—his own estate was so large that he paid 35,000 florins a year in taxes.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Baerlein, Henry
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